"I Fell Off [the Mothering] Track": Barriers to "Effective Mothering" Among Prostituted Women

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-200

  Dalla, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk populations; Mothering; Prostitution; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733091     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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